"MALAIKA!"
The willowy figured teenager jerked her head towards the source of the voice. She stood in a foreign and empty room as single light bulb cast its light over her. The depressing gray walls stared back at her as if trying to suck out her happiness and joyful memories, leaving her as gloomy as they were. However, she didn't seem to be alone. A few feet in front before her, stood a dark silhouette of what seemed to be a man. Could he be...
Her father?
Suddenly the voice projected from the strange figure as the air around Malaika turned cold. It was as deep and as rich as the sound of a rolling avalanche of rocks. "You have to leave, fulfill your destiny, make me proud..." it said. The masculine voice was quite strong, calm and strangely reassuring. The hairs on the back of her neck stood on end, her heart beat fast enough to break free from its skeletal cage.
"Who are you! Why?" she shouted back to the strange figure. At this point, a million questions were swarming in her mind. "Leave and go where, tell me!". Strange feelings of confusion, anger and sadness clogged up her mind as she struggled to form a clear, definite thought.Tears flooded her eyes blurring her vision. Soon, there was nothing but darkness and the sound of a cock crowing in the distance...
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Queen of Africa: Journey of a Lifetime
AdventureA tale that follows Malaika, a young Kenyan girl who despite the little village she lives in, has a created a world of her own, a world in which she aspires to aspires to go beyond and break tradition... Join her in her journey of self- discovery, u...
